CAA Protests Across Country By Citizens Proves That 'Idea Of India' Is Still Alive
The controversial Citizenship Amendment Bill CAB was passed by both the upper and the lower houses of the Parliament making it Citizenship Amendment Act CAA 2019. The CAA Ensures citizenship to minorities persecuted in three neighbouring Islamic nations of India namely 每 Pakistan Afghanistan and Bangladesh. All religious minorities except Muslims persecuted in these three so-called Muslim states would be ensured citizenship in India.
It＊s going to be a week since the controversial Citizenship (Amendment) Bill (CAB) was passed by both the upper and the lower houses of the Parliament, making it Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) 2019.
According to the Home Minister Amit Shah, the CAA, "Ensures citizenship to minorities persecuted in three neighbouring Islamic nations of India namely 每 Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh."
＆All religious minorities, except Muslims, persecuted in these three so-called Muslim states would be ensured citizenship in India.＊
With the way things have unfolded, we all know what stands in front of us. Heck! even the United Nations has condemned the act to be ＆fundamentally discriminatory.＊
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The United Nations in their statement said, that the new law ※undermines§ the commitment to equality before the law enshrined in the Indian Constitution.
Divisive Bill Unites People
Just as the Citizenship Bill was to passed to divide the nation, people protesting across the country are showing just what unity means, irrespective of caste, creed or religion.
While there are heartbreaking images of students being attacked, police tear-gassing residential colonies and openly firing at people, there＊s still a ray hope in the way people have come together to raise their voices.
It＊s one definite proof that democracy is still alive.
Seven years ago, when Delhi erupted in protests for the Nirbhaya rape case, authorities were shaken by the will people had to oppose acts of atrocity, people braved the cold and faced water canons for the same.
The same date, December 16 this year, witnessed the same unity among people and this all of them univocally venting anger against the government's discriminatory act.
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In the wake of the police brutalities on the Jamia Milia Islamia campus, a bunch of lies did the rounds online, attacking students, of course, saying they raised ＆anti-national slogans and that they set the buses on fire and wreaked havoc, completely shifting the focus to what actually took place. Much like the time JNU students were tagged as ＆anti-nationals＊.
There have been attempts to paint a false narrative about students, that they are misleading people and unnecessarily creating confusion without knowing what the bill actually stands for.
However, people involved in the protests are pretty clear about what they stand for. Social media has played a huge role in disseminating information to empower and further the cause of the protests.
Social media is again proved to be a huge platform to express what every individual feels about the situation, people across the board have been doing their best to spread the word, Sending quick explainers about the act, organising protests and venues for a peaceful gathering, people are doing everything in their power bring a change.
The vociferous protest has not just made people in the country to wake up and take action, Indians across the world are staging protests, expressing solidarity and reading out the tenets of the Indian constitution.
There are multiple instances of social injustices that we as a nation have witnessed. From caste-based to sexual violence, yes people have always stood up to question the authorities. But never has it touched the scale of demonstrations that are taking place against the Citizenship bill and yes it proves India to be the biggest democracies in the world, where people are absolutely fearless.
Things reached a tipping point when the Prime Minister himself sent a message saying that the best way to identify violent protesters was through the ※clothes that they are wearing§. It really doesn＊t take rocket science to understand that the current government want to set an anti-minority narrative.
But the people will not, at any cost allow that from happening.
Yes, the past few days have been extremely disheartening, in terms of violence and voices being throttled with multiple Internet shutdowns. But one thing is for sure, people are not going to back down and the fight will be on. Voices will be heard and justice will be served because we are a democracy.
